adj.
 (slimmer, slimmest)
   - gracefully thin; slenderly built. ▸small in width and long and narrow in shape. 
- very small:![]()  a slim chance. 
- S. African crafty or unscrupulous.
v.
 (slims, slimming, slimmed)
 Brit. make or become thinner, especially by dieting and sometimes exercising. 
▸reduce (an organization) to a smaller size to make it more efficient.
n.
  - a course or period of slimming.
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(also slim disease)
 African term for Aids.
Derivative
  
    - slimly adv.
- slimmer n.
- slimness n.
 
  Etymology
  C17: from Low Ger. or Du. (from a base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’), of Gmc origin.